Frederick Community College

EN 102 – English Composition and Literature

15 Week Semester

You must email the instructor before class begins.

Instructor Information:

Name: Mary Lease	Office Phone No.:
E-mail: mlease@frederick.edu	Home Phone No: 304-535 2555 M/W/TH 7-9 p.m.
Office Hours: By Appointment	Campus Mail Box Number: 369

Course Information:

Credits: 3	Last Day to Drop:
Prerequisites: EN 101
Meeting Day(s): By appointment.	Meeting Time(s): By appointment.

Course Description:

Reinforces, through an examination of literature, the reading, writing, critical thinking, and information literacy skills introduced in freshman composition. By exploring literary texts from fiction, poetry, and drama, students learn to clarify their own values and identities as well as develop a better understanding of ideas and cultures beyond their own experience.

Core Learning Outcomes:

Students will have written papers, completed examinations, and participate in discussions that demonstrate:

1. informed critical responses to the fiction, poetry, and drama genres and to the human values they express through an awareness of literature as both a record and a reflection of culture

2. an understanding and interpretation of social values by identifying and evaluating moral issues and conflicts, by displaying academic honesty, and by valuing lifelong learning.

3. college-level communication skills and appropriate documentation of source material

4. critical thinking skills in the analysis, comparison, synthesis, interpretation, and evaluation of literature and the techniques used by writers to create it.

5. appropriate use of literary terminology.

6. the value of literature as evidence of a multicultural society expressing the universality and diversity of the human experience and the importance and responsibility of the individual.

7. the use of technology to format papers and conduct research.

Instructional Methods:

On-line lectures, class discussion, peer conferencing, collaborative learning, instructor comments on written work; on-line and library research.

Texts for Course:

Hacker, Diane. The Bedford Handbook. 6^th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2002.

Roberts, Edgar V., eds. Literature: An Introduction to Reading and Writing. 4^th Compact edition.

Evaluation Methods:

Your final grade is based primarily on how well you follow the guidelines and how well you write. You will be evaluated not on how fancy your writing is, but rather on how clearly you communicate. Failure to follow these guidelines will affect your grade, just as rushed and imprecise writing will.

It is very important to attend class and keep up with the deadlines. To receive full credit for any of your work, you must submit it ON TIME and in the CORRECT LOCATION. Late work will be penalized by 10% of the total possible points for each calendar day it is late.

Tests / Papers / Projects	Point Value	Final Grade Scale
Fiction Test	100	A – 900 – 1000
Fiction Essay	100	B – 800 – 899
Drama Test	100	C – 700 – 799
Drama Essay	100	D – 600 – 699
Poetry Project	100	F – 599 & below
Poetry Test	100
Research Paper	200
Participation	200
Total	1000
Assignment Guidelines · All assignments must be turned in on time via the Digital Drop Box – or email · All assignment must be submitted as a Word document (.doc). Assignments submitted as Works document (.wps) will not be accepted. See Software below. · It is very important to attend class and keep up with the deadlines. To receive full credit for any of your work, you must submit it ON TIME and in the CORRECT LOCATION. All assignments are due by midnight on the date specified. Late work will be penalized by 10% of the total possible points for each calendar day it is late. · Assignments are due by midnight of the date due.
Other Information · All work must be typed and double-spaced in 12 point Times New Roman font. · The instructor reserves the right to alter the course schedule or grading criteria as necessary.

Progress Report:

Students can keep track of their progress through the Grade Book on Blackboard. Students can also use this chart to keep track of grades. By the end of the sixth week of the semester, I will have given you written comments on your work in the course. At this point, you will be able to evaluate your progress and decide if you need to make any adjustments (additional time devoted to course, tutoring, conference with me) to be assured of your success in this course.

Attendance Policy:

Since this is an online course, you are free to access course materials at any time of the day or night. However, this class had deadlines, and if you fail to meet them, you’ll lose points for that assignment. In other words, this is not a correspondence course, where you have open-ended dates.

Each week you will find announcements and assignments posted on the Blackboard site. I will guide you through the literature you read, the text material you study, and the questions to which you respond. You will be reading the assigned material, thinking critically about what you have read, and participating in class discussion via the Discussion Board Forums. During the semester, you will write two analysis papers, create a poetry project, write a documented research paper using MLA format for documentation, and take online tests identified in your syllabus. I am available to you through email or telephone and by pre-arranged on-campus meeting.

Student Responsibilities:

Attendance: Online courses require students to maintain attendance without benefit of a teacher’s roll book. Your participation in discussions will be noted and evaluated as part of your grade. You are expected to check announcements regularly as this is my way of presenting timely information and changes. You are also responsible for understanding the methods used in research and the MLA style of formatting papers. MLA is covered in The Bedford Handbook. Librarians are available to assist with research, an excellent opportunity to become better acquainted with the campus and the FCC Library. Make certain you understand the basic research before your research conference with me.

Late Work: All assignments are due by midnight on the Monday following the week it is assigned unless otherwise stated in announcements. Late work will be penalized by 10% of the total possible points for each calendar day it is late.

Plagiarism:

It is never appropriate to borrow work that someone else has done and turn it in as your own. As a student, it is your job to practice academic honesty at ALL times. In short, it is okay to quote a magazine article, book, Website, even a TV or radio show. We just have to make sure that the author of the work in question gets proper credit. As the semester progresses, I come to know the writing of my students pretty well. Improvement in writing skill is a progressive endeavor; huge jumps in skill rarely occur. ANY paper that is plagiarized will receive an automatic “F.”

Software:

This course requires FINAL drafts of papers to be submitted to your instructor in either “.doc” or “.rtf” formats. Most commercial word processing software can save files as “.rtf.” . If you have Word 2007, please save as a 2003 document before sending. If the instructor can not easily open a document, it won’t be graded.

NOTE: Blackboard does not accept files/read files that are saved in Microsoft Works (“.wps” files). Your instructor also does not. It is your responsibility to obtain the software that will enable you to complete any assignments required by this course

TOPICAL OUTLINE Please refer to the online assignments in addition to the assignments below. The online assignments will reflect any issues that arise with timing, etc. Assignments are due at midnight on the Monday of the following week unless noted otherwise online.
Week	Subject	Content & Assignments
1	Introduction to Fiction Reading Fiction Walker – “Everyday Use” Carver – “Neighbors” Glaspell – “A Jury of Her Peers”
2	Structure, Character, Point of View O’Brien – “The Things They Carried” Welty – “A Worn Path” Faulkner – “Barn Burning”
3	Setting, Tone Writing About Literature Maupassant – “The Necklace” Bambara – “The Lesson” Dubus – “The Curse”

4	Theme Gaines – “The Sky is Gray”	Fiction Essay Assignment
5	Review of Fiction Genre	Fiction Test Due
6	Individual Research Paper Conferences and Fiction Essay Due
7	Introduction to Drama Glaspell – “Trifles” Henley – “Am I Blue”
8	Miller – Death of a Salesman
9	Shakespeare – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
10	Review of Drama Genre	Drama Test
11	Introduction to Poetry Imagery Jarrell – “The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner” Eberhart – “The Fury of Aerial Bombardment” Reed – “Naming of Parts” Owen – “Dulce et Decorum Est”	Drama Paper Due
12	Figures of Speech and Tone Bishop – “The Fish” Tennyson – “The Eagle” Kumlin – “Woodchucks” Frost – “Designs” Nye – “Where Children Live” Roethke – “My Papa’s Waltz” Cummings – “in Just-” Brooks – “We Real Cool”
13	Prosody and Form Frost – “Out, Out” Thomas – “Do Not Go Gentle” Dickinson – “I Heard a Fly Buzz” Pinsky – “Dying” Bishop – “One Art”	Research Paper Due
14	Donne – “The Good Morrow” Cummings – “she being Brand /-new” Shakespeare – “My Mistress’ Eyes” Hacken – “Sonnet…”	Poetry Project Due
15	Review of Poetry Genre	Poetry Test

Students with Disabilities:

FCC provides reasonable accommodations to otherwise qualified students with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504) and amendments. Students with disabilities who are in need of accommodations must contact the Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) office at 301-846-2408 (A Building, Room 106A) in order to request and apply for services. The SSD office will require appropriate documentation of a disability. Questions related to accommodations or services can be directed to the SSD office. Additional information related to services can be viewed at the following FCC web page: http://www.frederickedu/student_services/disabilityh.aspx.

If you currently receive servi8ces from the SSD office, please submit your Student Success Plan to me and make an appointment with me to discuss your accommodations and needs in the class. I will hold any information you share with me in strict confidence unless you give me permission to do otherwise.